LETTERS
LETTERS to the Editor Grandmother as Lawbreaker One expects better from The Progressive than the headline Grandmother as Lawbreaker (Datelines, January issue). How many male activists are...
...For that matter, it has no constitutional Bill of Rights...
...The paradox: In our private, social life we met hardly any black people at all...
...Weekends and recreational activities were all white—as were most of the political meetings I attended in Berkeley...
...The catalog can be obtained by writing to Coughlin at 1985 Selby Avenue, St...
...Abraham Bates Woodbine, Maryland British Fountainhead How can Erwin Knoll claim that Britain "is, after all, the fountainhead of freedom of speech and of the press" (Editor's Memo, January issue...
...Your graphics tell the truth, and most of us don't have the belly for it...
...But it is important to respond to such advertisements as the one from Negative Population Growth, Inc., that has appeared in recent issues of your magazine...
...Britain has never had the equivalent of our First Amendment...
...Whoever thinks he is sprucing up the magazine's appearance is doing the opposite, in my opinion...
...Our landlady was black, and so were most of the people we met doing our daily business at the shops, the bank, the neighborhood restaurants...
...It is difficult to understand the failure of The Progressive and most of the American Left to analyze the nature of the British colonial regime in Northern Ireland...
...In fact, it put me off reading most of the articles...
...Joe Peacott Boston, Massachusetts Fan Mail How does a Brad Holland persuade intelligent people that his "art" is worth publishing...
...Like Coca-Cola, admit you've made a mistake and give us back the old Progressive...
...Its rights are still class-dominated by largely judge-made precedents...
...Have you bought into the British propaganda line that they are merely referees in a religious war...
...All letters may be edited for clarity and conciseness...
...And Thatcherism is no novelty on the British scene...
...There were no blacks at the numerous parties, picnics, and trips to which we were invited...
...And the blinding headlines—what is the excuse for those...
...Our daughter was born with the friendly and gentle help of a black physician...
...In 1980-1981 we lived in a mixed neighborhood in North Oakland, California...
...Paul, MN 55104...
...Simplistic solutions such as restricting immigration into the United States are a disservice to us and to the entire world...
...Knoll cites the "wisdom of John Milton, John Locke, and John Stuart Mill," but these are not necessarily reflected in the actions of such as Margaret Thatcher...
...Will Earth's environment be helped if huge increases in Third World population are unrelieved by an opportunity to emigrate to richer nations...
...Ann Morrissett Davidon Ardmore, Pennsylvania Population Growth As a card-carrying member of the American Civil Liberties Union, I recognize and support the right of The Progressive to publish diverse opinions, including those with which its editors may disagree...
...Michael E. Coughlin, an anarchist publisher in St...
...I'm not a grandmother yet, but if any of my activities ever produce a headline, I hope my main identity will not be "mother," much as I value that role...
...Heinz H. Spiess Munich, West Germany Little Blue Books John Egerton, in his article on Girard, Kansas ("When 'Reason' Reigned in Kansas," October issue), did not mention that it is still possible to obtain a number of the original Little Blue Books published by E. Haldeman-Julius...
...Surely you must perceive that the American Right has no closer or more beloved ally than the Thatcher regime...
...The United States currently has about 5 per cent of the world's population and 47 per cent of the world's wealth...
...How many male activists are identified by their biological function as grandfathers...
...Alfred McClung Lee Madison, New Jersey Erwin Knoll's commentary on the British censorship of Harper's was appeciated but sorely inadequate...
...Do the authors of the Negative Population Growth ad seriously contend that the answer to the crisis about which they profess to be concerned is to tell the people of the Third World that they had better stay home and starve while we enjoy our relative prosperity behind locked doors...
...There were no blacks at the favorite neighborhood bar, no blacks in the various state and national parks we visited...
...Important problems must be addressed by sustained and costly effort...
...Paul, has a number of these books for sale, and his catalog includes a short history of the Little Blue Books...
...Have we forgotten that a lifeboat will sink even if there's a hole in only one end...
...Christopher Lyons New York, New York Black Progress Roger Wilkins's assertion that "successful blacks are increasingly integrated into mainstream America" ("The Underside of Black Progress," Reflections, October issue) does not square with my experience in your country...
...Living apart—apartheid-seems to me still to be an underside of black progress in the United States...
...I think it's because Americans always tend to freak out when truth rears its ugly head...
...Paul Graham Westwood, Massachusetts The editors welcome correspondence from readers on all topics, but prefer to publish letters that comment directly on material previously published in The Progressive...
...Marjorie D. Rich Irmo, South Carolina Why do people who watch hundreds of murders a day on television with their children complain about The Progressive's graphics...
...Will the greenhouse effect be less pronounced if the devastation to rainforests is confined to Brazil, the Philippines, and the nations of Africa...
...Though the heading states Overpopulation Is Devastating Our Environment—a sentiment with which I concur—the message deals not with overpopulation but with restricting immigration into the United States...
...Get real—go back to basics...
...The paper wasted on his childish-sketches and the other ugly illustrations in the January issue surely could be put to better use...
Vol. 53 • February 1989 • No. 2
